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Virginia Tech resources related to COVID-19

Producer Resources Related to COVID-19: A repository of resources with a broad range of agricultural topics

Road to the new dairy facilities at Smithfield

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Estimating Semen Cost at the Dairy Farm Video

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Training of Spanish-speaking Hispanic farm workers in the Southeast region

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Determining Harvesting Time for Corn Silage

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Upcoming Events:

Farm Advisory Teams
Contact cmartel@vt.edu or jdaubert@vt.edu to develop a farm advisory team.

Regular Women in Agriculture Meetings
Every 1^st Tuesday @ 7:30 pm

Virginia State Fair
September 23-26, 2021

World Dairy Expo
September 27 - October 2, 2021

Table Talk Training Virginia
October 5-6, 2021

Hokie Cow Classic
October 18, 2021

Cattle WISE for Dairy & Beef
October 29, 2021

Annie's Project
Oct/Nov TBD

Current Dairy Industry Stats

Virginia April 2021 mailbox price: $17.69 | more mailbox prices...

VA Grade A Dairy Herds as of August 2021:
Cow: 405 | Goat: 2

VA Manufactured Grade Herds as of August 2021:
Cow: 1 | Goat: 14 | Sheep 1

VA Grade A Herd Distribution

Virginia map. Counties with Grade A dairy herds shaded blue.

What's New?

May issue of the Dairy Pipeline. Screenshot of the front page. — September 2021. In this issue: A Finance Guy’s View on Income over Feed Cost; Lessons from the Jury Box; Upcoming Events

Recent Issues

July/August 2021. In this issue: Capital Investments: Analysis and Decision-making Process; "Soft'-ware Disease: The New Foreign Body Syndrome in Dairy Cattle; Upcoming Events